AEROPLANE VICTIM.
A FATAL FALL. 0. WRIGHT'S MACHINE OVERTURNS. INVENTOR INJURED; [DT TILEGmrH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTManT.) (Rec. September 19, 0.35 a.m.) London, September 18. A serious accident happened to the aeroplane of Orville Wright (whoso brother Wilbur Wright has been making successful flights in Prance) during a, flight in America, A blade of tho left propeller snapped, at a height of 75 feet from tho ground. Tho aeroplane gradually overturned, throwing Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Salfridge to the ground. The former fractured his leg. Lieutenant Salfridge succumbed to his injuries. WILBUR WRIGHT. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT IN FRANCE. Paris, Soptember 17. Wilbur Wright, ono of the United States brothers whoso aeroplane was recently 70i minutes in tho air—covering 38 miles in 62 minutes—made another flight lasting 39 minutes 18 seconds.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 306, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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126AEROPLANE VICTIM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 306, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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